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blitz6804 · 03-24-08

If I had the money to spend on that, do you really think I would have an AGP MoBo instead of a PCI-E one? Lol.

**thlnk3r** · 03-24-08

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Originally Posted by blitz6804

If I had the money to spend on that, do you really think I would have an AGP MoBo instead of a PCI-E one? Lol.

Blitz, now you need to start OCing your 3850

froggy1986 · 03-24-08

Thanks guys, I'm still not really sure exactly wut I did, but it worked, so I'm not going to complain. As for my ram, WHEN we can afford it, yes I would like to go down to two sticks of better ram, but with pioneer currently buying the parts for our two HTPC machines, it's not going to happen anytime soon...But for now, I guess I can't really complain too much since I did get the OC as high as I did.

As for my temps, on idle, cpu=37, core1=37, and core2= 42. Is it normal for my cores to be so far off, especially when under load? Or is pioneer right and I shouldn't really pay much attention to the second core? Do you think that I did a bad seating or thermal compound app?

BTW I HATE RUNNING ORTHOS...the less I have to run it the better, thats why I'm happy with my current ran speed and looseness...I'm too impatient to wait 10 minutes just for a window to open and load, I thought I was going to throw something at my computer.

Anyways, I'm headed to bed so I will get back to this tomorrow... Hope everyone had a good Easter.

iandroo888 · 03-24-08

oh man. this is a crap end for my spring break. due to me forgetting the setting i had or thought i knew i used for my opty 165 prior to switching it with fx-60 to see its overclockability, going back to the opty.. i cant make it stable.. im tryin to run OCCT.. but it keeps freezing up comp around 53 - 55 min.. (counting backwards).. i have no idea whats wrong

Heres the current settings

CPU Clock: 2943 MHz (327 x 9x)
HTT Speed: 981 MHz (327 x 3x)

Northbridge overvolt = enabled
CPU Vcore = 1.5v
DDR Vcore = 1.8v (or is it 2.8?... forgot.. )

Memory : DDR420 (210 MHz) 3-3-3-8 @ 2T

txtmstrjoe · 03-24-08

Ouch.

I checked your Opty 165 CPU-Z validation to see if there are any clues there, but you have all of your settings noted on there already.

The VDIMM is probably 2.8V (that's a typical setting for DDR); 1.8V is way too low (and I don't believe the motherboard can set it that low anyway).

Hope you get your OC back, iandroo. If nothing else, at least you learn that it's a good idea to write your settings down somewhere in case you need to refer to them sometime.

Look at it this way: If you don't get things back, you can start over too.

Sometimes that's fun, too.

Or maybe not...

iandroo888 · 03-24-08

runnin occt again

i figured to try a different voltage variation. 1.3v + vcore overvolt. believe it or not.. it didnt crash within 10 minutes.

*edit*

ok its stable now. lol. freakin 1.3v + vcore overvolt. temps stayed around 54 - 58C. not bad i guess. will play with it more tomorrow. sleep time for me. haha

Opteron 165 OC'ed @ 2943 MHz (1.3v cpu vcore + OverVolt) (Stock "Auto" Memory Timings)

not sure if i posted this.. lol fx-60 oc.

blitz6804 · 03-24-08

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Originally Posted by thlnk3r

Blitz, now you need to start OCing your 3850

I intend to. I just attempted today to overclock the Proc a little more. Even with removing a pair of RAM DIMMs and over-volting to 1.425 V, it is not stable at anything over 250 FSB. So I guess that means I have reached my final CPU/RAM clock.

If someone knows the maximum safe temp for an HD 3850 that would be great. I saw reviews for it generally showing mid-sixties as an operating temp for the dual-slot models and mid-eighties for the single slot models. I have a single-slot model with a dual-slot cooler a slot away from it, giving me an S&M temperature of 71ºC at max.

(My PCI slots look as the following:
Rheostat for Silverstone FM122-B
HD 3850
Cover plate
Thermaltake TMG SL1 A2414
Thermaltake TMG SL1 A2414
USB header
Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic)

Quote:

Originally Posted by froggy1986

As for my temps, on idle, cpu=37, core1=37, and core2= 42. Is it normal for my cores to be so far off, especially when under load? Or is pioneer right and I shouldn't really pay much attention to the second core? Do you think that I did a bad seating or thermal compound app?

BTW I HATE RUNNING ORTHOS...the less I have to run it the better, thats why I'm happy with my current ran speed and looseness...I'm too impatient to wait 10 minutes just for a window to open and load, I thought I was going to throw something at my computer.

Perfectly normal for a core split. Usually, loads exacerbate the split. As you can see with my Sig Rig, idle temps differ by as little as 2º C and S&M temps by as much as 6º C. I have had occasions, on different seatings, where they have differer by more than 8º C under load. As long as your idle temps do not differ by more than 5º or 6º C you are fine. If they do, I recommend pulling the HSF, giving both it and the CPU a good rub down of isopropanol, and then reapplying TIM and reseating. Make sure you do not use too much TIM and that you tighten both screws about the same degree.

And yes, running Orthos sucks. It always helps to ease the pain to have a second PC running around so you are not cut off from the world. The one that is worse is S&M: it stresses the user much more than the PC! Seriously, I felt like I was having a heart attack about 80 minutes into it. My pulse was 96, and I had not moved from that chair for over two hours!

blitz6804 · 03-24-08

Today's projects:

Overclock the HD 3850
Run S&M GPU test solely to ensure GPU stability*

Run a few benchmarks:
Test my memory band width
3DMark06 with the overclocked GPU

EDIT: S&M is only stressing the card 90%. I found amd am downloading a program called "rthdribl." I hear that is the most painful GPU stresser around.

EDIT2: rthdribl can stress the GPU 99.55%. That is close enough for government work. At stock clock, the card tops at 71º C at 25% fan RPMs. Boy, that sounds like a waste to me!

After slowly stepping it up, I have the card at the maximum permitted clock (which will be posted soon pictorially) and the card tops at 71º C at 71% fan RPMs. Even at 71% RPMs, I STILL cannot hear the fan. It is interesting to note the loudest component of my computer is primary Hard Drive (at 32 dB), followed by my front fan (at 29 dB), and my Zalman (at 27 dB).

**thlnk3r** · 03-24-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by blitz6804

If someone knows the maximum safe temp for an HD 3850 that would be great. I saw reviews for it generally showing mid-sixties as an operating temp for the dual-slot models and mid-eighties for the single slot models. I have a single-slot model with a dual-slot cooler a slot away from it, giving me an S&M temperature of 71ºC at max.

Blitz, I will confirm that my 3850 clocked at 725/900 is getting 68C full load. Tested with ATITool .27 beta and also while playing games (cod4 & tf2). It's summer so the card has been idling around 45-47C. Kind of high for my taste. When I had a nice 20C room ambient the card was idling around 34-36C and was loading at 48-55C.

Hope this helps Blitz!

blitz6804 · 03-24-08

My card, clocked to the max allowable (GPU say 715/945; ATI says 720/950) topped out at 71º C with 71% RPMs.

It idles at 40º C, which is the same for stock or overclock as the ATI auto cycles down to 300/829 when not in use.

I am having problems with 3DMark06. Apparently, it did not like my registration code, so I bought another one, and am downloading again. Will hopefully be able to post ORB before I need to leave for class.

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